Among the great features of Gothenburg is the Gothenburg Opera House, the Liseberg amusement park and Universeum, a great place to take the family because kids will love the discovery and science center at Universeum.
Boat trips are available that take visitors out into the harbor and into the archipelago further north. Marstand in the archipelago and is well-known as a great place for yachting and yacht racing, and it is easily located from Gothenburg.
A couple of great Swedish traditions include "The Day of the Herring" (in June) during which Swedes make it a point to eat herring; many chefs have seminars teaching people how to make a "Midsummer herring dish." There is a floating hotel and restaurant (the Salt & Sill), and while on board a visitor can devour a three-course dinner and a night's stay in the Bed and Breakfast for 65 British pounds.
The Port of Gothenburg, the largest port in Scandinavia, sees over 11,000 vessels dock each year, and in fact nearly 30% of all foreign trade with Sweden comes calling at the Port of Gothenburg. There are rail shuttles, and ocean going cruise liners as well. Twenty-four rail shuttles leave the Port of Gothenburg daily, but the port is known more for the enormous amount of cargo that arrives. Of those rail shuttles, they are bound for -- or arriving from -- inland terminals in Sweden and Norway.
Having a rail link to islands means that companies don't have to use highways and 18-wheelers to transport goods between Norway and Sweden. In fact because highways aren't needed for this transportation dynamic, Sweden is able to save 50,000 tons of carbon emissions are saved each year.
As for the Port of Gothenburg, some 887,000 containers, 227,000 new cars, 1.7 million passengers, 20.4 million tons of oil and 41.8 tons of freight arrives at the Port of Gothenburg annually.
Stockholm and the East Coast of Sweden
The capitol of Sweden is not like a typically overgrown American city with cookie cutter houses sprawling out for miles beyond the suburbs. In fact Stockholm is a watery venue, spreading out beautifully...
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